I must admit that I was initially lured to this movie because of Barbara Crampton. Especially since she was in some of my older favorite Lovecraftian movie adaptations, such as "Reanimator", "From Beyond" and "Castle Freak".
I decided to sit down to watch "Beyond the Gates", despite the fact that the synopsis didn't really sell the movie in a convincing manner. Perhaps I should have trusted that gut feeling and not actually followed up on watching it? Because this was a very mundane and less than thrilling horror movie. In fact, the only thing scary in the movie was the fact that there was nothing scary at all to be witnessed here.
The acting in the movie was adequate, although it was clear that the performers were struggling with the limitations of the generic script.
The special effects were adequate, but bear in mind that the movie is not using them in an abundance. So don't expect to be blown away by an array of visual impressions.
The characters in "Beyond the Gates" were one-dimensional and left very little for the actors and actresses performing them to work with.
I managed to stick with "Beyond the Gates" to the very end, but it was a very anti-climatic ending to the entire story.
This movie is most definitely not a movie that I will be pulling out to watch a second time.
I decided to sit down to watch "Beyond the Gates", despite the fact that the synopsis didn't really sell the movie in a convincing manner. Perhaps I should have trusted that gut feeling and not actually followed up on watching it? Because this was a very mundane and less than thrilling horror movie. In fact, the only thing scary in the movie was the fact that there was nothing scary at all to be witnessed here.
The acting in the movie was adequate, although it was clear that the performers were struggling with the limitations of the generic script.
The special effects were adequate, but bear in mind that the movie is not using them in an abundance. So don't expect to be blown away by an array of visual impressions.
The characters in "Beyond the Gates" were one-dimensional and left very little for the actors and actresses performing them to work with.
I managed to stick with "Beyond the Gates" to the very end, but it was a very anti-climatic ending to the entire story.
This movie is most definitely not a movie that I will be pulling out to watch a second time.